Vapers' perspectives on electronic cigarette regulation in Australia

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 589-594

  Fraser, Doug ^a   Weier, Megan ^b   Keane, Helen ^c   Gartner, Coral ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E cigarette; Nicotine; Personal vaporiser; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

EID: 84930046772     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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